Hope Has An Address

Gregory Boyle

Laura Miera

Brenda Barrios

Homeboy Industries

For twenty years, Gregory Boyle has run Homeboy Industries, a gang-intervention program located in the Boyle Heights neighborhood of Los Angeles, the gang capital of the world. In Tattoos on the Heart, he distills his experience working in the ghetto into a breathtaking series of parables inspired by faith. Arranged by theme and filled with sparkling humor and glowing generosity, these essays offer a stirring look at how full our lives could be if we could find the joy in loving others and in being loved unconditionally. From giant, tattooed Cesar, shopping at JCPenney fresh out of prison, we learn how to feel worthy of God's love. From ten-year-old Lula we learn the importance of being known and acknowledged. From Pedro we understand the kind of patience necessary to rescue someone from the darkness. In each chapter we benefit from Boyle’s gentle, hard-earned wisdom. 
These essays about universal kinship and redemption are moving examples of the power of unconditional love and the importance of fighting despair. Gorgeous and uplifting, Tattoos on the Heart reminds us that no life is less valuable than another.

Tattoos on the Heart: The Power of Boundless Compassion

Biographies & Memoirs

Leaders & Notable People

Free Press

Tatuajes en el corazon: El poder de la compasión sin límite (Spanish Edition)

Product Description Gregory Boyle, the beloved Jesuit priest and author of the inspirational bestsellers Tattoos on the Heart <\/i>and Barking to the Choir<\/i>, returns with a call to witness the transformative power of tenderness, rooted in his lifetime of experience counseling gang members in Los Angeles. <\/b>Over the past thirty years, Gregory Boyle has transformed thousands of lives through his work as the founder of Homeboy Industries, the largest and most successful gang\-intervention program in the world. Boyle\x26rsquo;s new book, The Whole Language<\/i>, follows the acclaimed bestsellers Tattoos on the Heart<\/i>, hailed as an \x26ldquo;astounding literary and spiritual feat\x26rdquo; (Publishers Weekly) <\/i>that is \x26ldquo;destined to become a classic of both urban reportage and contemporary spirituality\x26rdquo; (Los Angeles Times<\/i>), and Barking to the Choir<\/i>, deemed \x26ldquo;a beautiful and important and soul\-transporting book\x26rdquo; by Elizabeth Gilbert and declared by Ann Patchett to be \x26ldquo;a book that shows what the platitudes of faith look like when they\x26rsquo;re put into action.\x26rdquo; In a community struggling to overcome systemic poverty and violence, The Whole Language<\/i> shows how those at Homeboy Industries fight despair and remain generous, hopeful, and tender. When Saul was thirteen years old, he killed his abusive stepfather in self\-defense; after spending twenty\-three years in juvenile and adult jail, he enters the Homeboy Industries training and healing programs and embraces their mission. Declaring, \x26ldquo;I\x26rsquo;ve decided to grow up to be somebody I always needed as a child,\x26rdquo; Saul shows tenderness toward the young men in his former shoes, treating them all like his sons and helping them to find their way. Before coming to Homeboy Industries, a young man named Abel was shot thirty\-three times, landing him in a coma for six months followed by a year and a half recuperating in the hospital. He now travels on speaking tours with Boyle and gives guided tours around the Homeboy offices. One day a new trainee joins Abel as a shadow, and Abel recognizes him as the young man who had put him in a coma. \x26ldquo;You give good tours,\x26rdquo; the trainee tells Abel. They both have embarked on a path to wholeness. Boyle\x26rsquo;s moving stories challenge our ideas about God and about people, providing a window into a world filled with fellowship, compassion, and fewer barriers. Bursting with encouragement, humor, and hope, The Whole Language <\/i>invites us to treat others\x26#8212;and ourselves\x26#8212;with acceptance and tenderness. About the Author Father Gregory Boyle was ordained a Jesuit priest in 1982. He received his Master of Divinity from the Weston School of Theology and a Sacred Theology Masters degree from the Jesuit School of Theology. In 1988, he began what would become Homeboy Industries, now located in downtown Los Angeles. He received the California Peace Prize; the Humanitarian of the Year Award from Bon Appétit; the Caring Institutes 2007 Most Caring People Award; and received the 2008 Civic Medal of Honor from the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce.

The Whole Language: The Power of Extravagant Tenderness

Simon & Schuster Audio and Blackstone Publishing

Self-Help

Motivational

Tattoos on the Heart: The Power of Boundless Compassion (Chinese Edition)

Fang Zhi/Tsai Fong Books

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